Russell v. Denmark

Meas ES x A Sones fs x 6 a SS No. 3:14-CV-225-CWR-LGI SEDRICK D. RUSSELL, Petitioner, V. J. DENMARK, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Before CARLTON W. REEVES, District Judge. Sedrick D. Russell was convicted in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, of one count of aggravated assault and one count of being a felon in possession of a weapon. The trial judge sentenced him as a habitual offender to serve two con- current life terms, without the possibility of parole, in the cus- tody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. In this proceeding Russell seeks federal habeas…